Suspender-buckle



(No Model.)

J. B. MOLLOY. SUSPBNDER BUCKLE. I

No. 549,325. Patented Nov. 5, 1895.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES F. Mo-LLoY, OF WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

SUSPENDER-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 549,325, dated November5, 1895.

Application filed September 3, 1895- Serial N0i561,237| (NO 11106.81.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES F. MoLLoY, of WVest Haven, in the county ofNew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inSuspender-Buckles and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in

Figure 1, a rear view of abuckle embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a faceview of the same; Fig. 3, a plan view of a blank forming the uppermember; Fig. 4, a sectional view of the upper bar of the frame on theline a b of Fig. 2; Fig. 5, a plan view of the blank from which thelever is formed; Fig. 6, a face view showing a modification in theformation of the lever.

This invention relates to an improvement in suspenderbuckles, andparticularly to such as are provided with a lever formed with adepending loop to set over a hook depending from the lower cross-bar ofthe frame, the object of the invention being to construct a buckle offew parts and consequently of low cost to manufacture; and it consistsin forming the crossbar and upper bar of the frame from a single pieceof sheet metal and in certain details of construction, as will behereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claims.

The frame proper consists of two parts, the lower member being made fromwire bent to form a hook A, lower bar B, side bars 0, the upper ends ofwhich turn inward to form bearings D. The upper part of the frameconsists of the upper bar F, cross-bar G, connected therewith by sidebars H, and ears I, all formed from a single piece of sheet metal. Theportions F and II are bent into semicylindrical shape, in cross-section,as shown in Fig. 4, so as to not only present a rounded surface for theface of the buckle, but to strengthen those portions. The extensions Iare turned around the upper part of the side bars C of the'lower member,thus forming a rectangular frame and a transverse cross-bar. The edgesof the said cross-bar may be turned inward and notched or otherwiseroughened in the usual manner of constructing cross-bars. The lever J ispreferably formed from sheet metal and suspended by cars a b, extendingfrom its upper edge to the bearings D of the lower member. It is alsoformed with a slot K, through which the lower edge of the cross-bar isexposed, and with a depending loop L to set over the hook A in the usualmanner for buckles of this class.

Instead of forming the lever from sheet metal, it may be formed fromwire, as shown in Fig. 6, in which case the upper ends of the lever Mterminate in eyes M M for engagement with the inwardlyprojecting upperends or trunnions N N of the lower member N of the frame, the uppermember 0 of which is formed of sheet metal on the plan before described.By thus forming the bearings for the lever inside the frame the sides ofthe lever are held against separation, and hence do not require a binderabove the loop, as is necessary in many forms of buckles in which a wirelever is employed. It will thus be seen that the buckle is formedcomplete in three parts, which are very readily formed and assembled,thus producing a buckle at a very low cost.

I claim 1. The herein described suspender buckle having a frame andcross-bar composed of two members, the lower member formed of wire, andconstructed with inwardly turned extensions, the upper member andcross-bar formed from a single piece of sheet-metal and constructed withears to clasp the sides of the lower member, and a lever pivotallyattached to the inwardly extending upper ends of the lower member,substantially as described.

2. The herein described suspender buckle having a frame and cross-barcomposed of two members, the lower member formed of wire, the uppermember and cross-bar formed from a single piece of sheet-metal andpermanently united to the lower member, and a lever pivotally mounted inthe frame, substantially as described.

3. In a suspender-buckle, the combination with a buckle-frame consistingof two members, of which the upper member is formed of sheet-metal andincludes an integral cross- Lil bar provided with gripping teeth, andthe lower member of which is made of Wire and rigidly connected with thesheet-metal upper member; of a lever pivotally connected with the saidframe, the said frame and leverbeing furnished with a depending loop andhook which coact to maintain the parts in their closed positions,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo snbscrib- 10 mg Witnesses.

JAS. F. MOLLOY.

\Vit-nesses:

FRED C. EARLE, LILLIAN D. KELSEY.

